LEDs AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE

Abstract

In accordance with aspects of the present technology, a unique charge carrier transfer process from c-plane InGaN to semipolar-plane InGaN formed spontaneously in nanowire heterostructures can effectively reduce the instantaneous charge carrier density in the active region, thereby leading to significantly enhanced emission efficiency in the deep red wavelength. Furthermore, the total built-in electric field can be reduced to a few kV/cm by cancelling the piezoelectric polarization with spontaneous polarization in strain-relaxed high indium composition InGaN/GaN heterostructures. An ultra-stable red emission color can be achieved in InGaN over four orders of magnitude of excitation power range. Accordingly, aspects of the present technology advantageously provide a method for addressing some of the fundamental issues in light-emitting devices and advantageously enables the design of high efficiency and high stability optoelectronic devices.

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